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Both quotations currently listed for the intransitive sense strike me as misplaced. The first is:
1941 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 261, 263:So many invitations had been extended to this premiére that the train was pretty nearly full; the press and other guests distributed themselves over the remaining accommodation, and I ensconced myself in a facing window seat in one of the compartments of the third-class brake next the tender.
which is clearly transitive instead ("I ensconced myself", rather than "I ensconced"); the second is
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell , Animal Farm , London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC: Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.
where "ensconced" is an adjective rather than a verb form. 2003:D5:AF3A:500:A944:A249:2728:11BA 07:05, 1 November 2024 (UTC)Reply